Danson Glowboy Home Heater

[JonVanVleet]

I have a Danson Glowboy home heater setup in my finished basement. I have had this stove for 3 years and just noticed something strange. Just below the door hinges on the left side is a small hole. It looks like a machined hole so I think it is by design? The hole does go all the way through. The hole is about the size of a pencil lead.

Should I put some high temp sealer on the hole?

 

[DexterDay]

If its not from the factory like that, then I would seal it with some furnace cement or something of that nature.

Make sure its not an air wash. . . .

Looks like someone ported it, for a mag gauge? My best guess??

 

[mrbill]

It is there from the factory,mine has the same hole.It is an air bleed to prevent excess vacuum at start up,leave it alone.

 

[Snowy Rivers]

My whitfields have the same sort of little hole.

This is used to check the firebox vacuum at set up or diagnostics. Just a handy place to connect a
manometer that measures in Inches of water column.

Snowy

 

[JonVanVleet]

Danson tech support got back to me. The hole is there by design to check vacuum.

Thank you for your help

Jon